“On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the June 2, 2017 order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court,” the court order states.

Willis’ defense team claimed guards and detectives violated his constitutional rights by taking notes from his jail cell. They said the notes contained details about a separate kidnapping case where Willis claimed to be the day Bletsch was killed. The prosecutor said the jail shared the notes with investigators, but not the prosecutor’s office. The notes were potentially incriminating, but Willis never said they were for his attorney, the prosecutor said.

Court records said corrections officers searched the cell two more times and combed through envelopes marked for Willis’ attorney. The information from the envelopes wasn’t given to prosecutors, police told the prosecution “generally” about the notes on a legal pad in the cell.

Authorities say Bletsch, a 36-year-old mother from Dalton Township, was shot and killed as she jogged near her home in June 2014.